We spent the day with our driver (Chester) and Guide (Beatrice) getting a deeper understanding of the terrible events in Poland. We had mixed emotions about taking this tour and after some encouragement signed up. I am glad that we did. It makes for an emotional roller coaster with highs and lows as you wander through two of the most famous concentration and death camps associated with Nazi Germany. Today what remains at both of these important historical places is a tribute to the millions of lives loss and a reminder of the craziness that exists in the World. May it never happen again and may we always keep watch so that it doesn't.
Everyone struggles with which photos to take and post from walking both Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II -Birkenau. Most images show the bleak existence and horrible conditions facing people promised a new and wonderful life by the Nazi Germans under Hitler's rule. The prettier images falsely show a glimmer that better life and are misleading. I decided that these two images best capture the day for me.
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